Top Gear RS2 article

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RS ZWEI

Going up in value aren't they?
1980 VW Golf GTI Track Car
1995 Audi RS2
2003 Mini Cooper S (Written off - rear ended)
2005 Mini Cooper S
2006 Skoda Octavia vRS Combi
2009 Renault Megane 230 R26 (Written off - rear ended)
2013 Renault Megane RS265 Redbull RB8

RobClubley

Nearly back to their original price!
1985 ur quattro
1992 Ford Courier - the sensible daily

SimonS2

One thing that bugs me about this (and most other) RS2 articles is the way they make it sound like Porsche took the base Audi 80 and turned it into a sporting wagon. The poor old S2 hardly ever gets a mention...

For the record, as far as I'm aware, the S2 Avant came first in 93. It already had the 6 speed box and ABY like all 'second gen' S2s. The Audi 80 ceased production 2 or 3 years before the RS2 I think.

That said, there's no denying the RS2 is totally unique and collectable. Just a shame the development path from URQ, to S2 to RS2 isn't always well represented.

RS ZWEI

Quote from: SimonS2 on August 01, 2016, 08:31:43 AM
One thing that bugs me about this (and most other) RS2 articles is the way they make it sound like Porsche took the base Audi 80 and turned it into a sporting wagon. The poor old S2 hardly ever gets a mention...

For the record, as far as I'm aware, the S2 Avant came first in 93. It already had the 6 speed box and ABY like all 'second gen' S2s. The Audi 80 ceased production 2 or 3 years before the RS2 I think.

That said, there's no denying the RS2 is totally unique and collectable. Just a shame the development path from URQ, to S2 to RS2 isn't always well represented.

Simon, the Audi 80 was in production up until the RS2 was built. But when the RS2 was released the B5 A4 was available, maybe only in sedan form?
But yeah, I agree, the S2 is always forgotten about.
1980 VW Golf GTI Track Car
1995 Audi RS2
2003 Mini Cooper S (Written off - rear ended)
2005 Mini Cooper S
2006 Skoda Octavia vRS Combi
2009 Renault Megane 230 R26 (Written off - rear ended)
2013 Renault Megane RS265 Redbull RB8

schattenblau

because it was always compared to the ur quattro and found wanting ?

SimonS2

Quote from: RS ZWEI on August 01, 2016, 10:02:03 AM
Simon, the Audi 80 was in production up until the RS2 was built. But when the RS2 was released the B5 A4 was available, maybe only in sedan form?
But yeah, I agree, the S2 is always forgotten about.
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Ah...you're right. I'm thinking the 80 stopped at 91/92 with the B3, forgot about the B4 which filled the gap until the A4.